✨ ✨ Enhanced Epics Experience - Feedback issue
Welcome to the new epic experience!
The purpose of this feedback issue is to collect feedback on our new epic and issues experience. Our goals are to identify and prioritize bugs and issues, capture ideas for new features and improvements, and ultimately enhance user satisfaction and product quality. Your input is crucial in helping us understand and address the needs of our users, ensuring that our product continues to evolve and improve.
New epic features
- Epic detail page: The new Epic detail page has a fresh look while maintaining the familiarity of the existing design. We've reduced the scrolling burden with a 'read more' feature for long descriptions and reorganized the right sidebar for better usability. This ensures that all essential information is easily accessible, enhancing your overall user experience. *Available on Premium+
- Epic dates: Dates are now managed with a single widget featuring a toggle to choose ‘fixed’ or ‘inherited’ dates, and a start and end date picker, simplifying date management and helping you stay on top of project timelines. *Available on Premium+
- Health Status: Health status is a new feature at the epic level. You can set and update the health status to 'On track,' 'Needs attention,' or 'At risk.' This provides quick insight into the project's progress, helping you communicate and manage potential issues proactively. *Available on Ultimate
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Customizable Color Options: Color options have been expanded. You can now choose from a larger set of pre-existing values or add custom RGB or hex value. This helps in categorizing and prioritizing tasks visually. Color is a flexible tool to categorize epics. Use cases include creating associations to squads, company initiatives, or levels in the epic hierarchy. Epic color can be viewed on the Roadmap and Epic Boards. *Available on Premium+:
⚠ this feature is currently listed as Ultimate tier, we are expanding availability to Premium+ via #500150 (closed). - Parent Epics & Ancestry: The new Parent feature allows you to add a parent directly from the epic, just like adding a parent epic from an issue. Ancestry has been moved to the top in a breadcrumb-like manner, displaying the immediate and ultimate parents. This makes it easier to navigate and understand the hierarchy of your epics. *Available on Premium+
- Time Tracking: Time tracking is now available at the epic level. You can log time spent on different parts of the project, ensuring accurate time management. For instance, if a feature is estimated to take 10 weeks, you can log time for each sprint and monitor progress, helping you stay on schedule and within budget. *Available on Premium+
- View on Roadmap: We've replaced the embedded roadmap tab with a 'View on Roadmap' option in the more actions menu. This takes you to the full roadmap page with all its settings and sorting options, filtered by the selected epic. This change offers a more detailed and customizable view of your project's roadmap. *Available on Premium+
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Linking Different Types of Records: You can now link dependencies between different types of records, such as tasks, issues, and epics. This creates a connected view, enhancing traceability and providing a comprehensive overview of related work items. This helps ensure that all related tasks are managed together, improving overall project coherence. *Available on Premium+:
⚠ We're expanding this feature to Premium+ with #500149 (closed)_ - Webhooks for Epics: Users can automate and streamline their workflows by sending real-time updates from GitLab to their preferred tools and services whenever changes occur in epics, enhancing efficiency and collaboration. *Available on Premium+
- Resolve threads: You can now resolve threads in work item discussions, making it easier to manage and track important conversations. This feature allows you to collapse resolved threads by default, helping you focus on active discussions and streamline your workflow within GitLab's work item interface. *Available on Premium+
- Update relationship types on the fly: You'll now be able to change issue relationships directly from the linked item widget, saving you time and reducing frustration. No more deleting and recreating relationships when you need to update them – simply use the new option to switch between 'relates to', 'blocks', and 'is blocked by' with ease, making your issue management more flexible and efficient. *Available on Premium+
- Convert task list to child items: Quickly convert task lists from the description into individual child issues. This update streamlines the process, letting you fill in details as you go, making child item creation faster and more efficient for your workflow. *Available on Premium+
Planned features in progress
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Edited by Amanda Rueda